Maurice Washington Faces Charges

QMany said:
"According to a lead investigator on the case, the University was made aware of the allegations against Washington sometime last fall, but he was allowed to play through the entire season."
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What is your point regarding NU's awareness of this last year? 

 
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knapplc said:
Washington is going to go face his charges.






I see they perpetuate the use of the term "sexual assault" without the adjective "alleged," further fueling confusion as to what's actually happening.  Nice.
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my gut is telling me this ends up as a diversion situation. Mo has no other issues that we are aware of and given the circumstances with his ex etc I am guessing this ends quietly and quickly. Or it will go as St Paul wants and Mo as well as all of his family members will be thrown in prison for life. 

 
San Diego Husker said:
What is your point regarding NU's awareness of this last year? 
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"According to a lead investigator on the case, the University was made aware of the allegations against Washington sometime last fall, but he was allowed to play through the entire season."

oh boy........this is not good.

 
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Hedley Lamarr said:
my gut is telling me this ends up as a diversion situation. Mo has no other issues that we are aware of and given the circumstances with his ex etc I am guessing this ends quietly and quickly. Or it will go as St Paul wants and Mo as well as all of his family members will be thrown in prison for life. 
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Spit my drink on the table reading this.  Too funny!

 
Hedley Lamarr said:
my gut is telling me this ends up as a diversion situation. Mo has no other issues that we are aware of and given the circumstances with his ex etc I am guessing this ends quietly and quickly. Or it will go as St Paul wants and Mo as well as all of his family members will be thrown in prison for life. 
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You're ridiculous.  All I've seen is St Paul commenting that things should be investigated and folks disciplined accordingly.

The fact that he's a FB player (and a good one) shouldn't change the outcome or charges of this situation.  Would you all care at all about this if he was just a student, or if this was a kid on the golf team?

I'm kinda surprised nobody has mentioned LP yet in this thread and the fact that in retrospect TO wishes he'd handled things differently and done better by Lawrence.  With him surely counseling Frost I'd be curious if their discussions talk about the importance of not overlooking behavior of talented team members.  LPs inappropriate interactions with women and how he treated them was a precursor to a very troubled adulthood.  Scott knows of that situation first hand.  What they do now as coaches impacts how these young men grow up to be (or not be) responsible adults.

(and yes, for those that are going to say I'm crazy for comparing assault and revenge porn my response is that these are different times, and assault is assault and abuse is abuse whether it is by hand or by electronics)

 
Hunter94 said:
"According to a lead investigator on the case, the University was made aware of the allegations against Washington sometime last fall, but he was allowed to play through the entire season."

oh boy........this is not good.
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regardless of Washington's status as a football player, I still think someone is innocent until proven guilty.  in this case many seem to think the player should have been suspended on only an allegation, not actually charged with a thing (at that point).  This type of "Guilty until proven innocent" mentality is something I would expect from Mother Russia, not sensible "open minded" Americans. 

 
The university did nothing wrong. It would be different if he had been formally charged, but he hadn't during the season. Based off the lack of urgency I harbor some doubts to how well these allegations stick.

But if they do he needs booted off the team yesterday

 
NM11046 said:
You're ridiculous.  All I've seen is St Paul commenting that things should be investigated and folks disciplined accordingly.

The fact that he's a FB player (and a good one) shouldn't change the outcome or charges of this situation.  Would you all care at all about this if he was just a student, or if this was a kid on the golf team?

I'm kinda surprised nobody has mentioned LP yet in this thread and the fact that in retrospect TO wishes he'd handled things differently and done better by Lawrence.  With him surely counseling Frost I'd be curious if their discussions talk about the importance of not overlooking behavior of talented team members.  LPs inappropriate interactions with women and how he treated them was a precursor to a very troubled adulthood.  Scott knows of that situation first hand.  What they do now as coaches impacts how these young men grow up to be (or not be) responsible adults.

(and yes, for those that are going to say I'm crazy for comparing assault and revenge porn my response is that these are different times, and assault is assault and abuse is abuse whether it is by hand or by electronics)
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When I first saw the headline, I was thinking here is another LP.  in this case we have a very immature young man who made some very bad decisions of which he should pay for.  but for now, he is not LP, he didn't rape her, or beat her.  he wasn't there and everyone probably had that video on their phone at his school.  most deleted it as they should; he didn't and chose to send it to her....  As I said before a very bad decision.  The real question here is what is appropriate "punishment"?

 
San Diego Husker said:
When I first saw the headline, I was thinking here is another LP.  in this case we have a very immature young man who made some very bad decisions of which he should pay for.  but for now, he is not LP, he didn't rape her, or beat her.  he wasn't there and everyone probably had that video on their phone at his school.  most deleted it as they should; he didn't and chose to send it to her....  As I said before a very bad decision.  The real question here is what is appropriate "punishment"?
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I just think we have to be aware of how we coddle some of these men because of their talent.  If this was a walk on it wouldn't make headlines, and likely also wouldn't generate this sort of heated debate.  It's easy to walk away from a risky player when they aren't destined to be a rock star contributor.  

And I agree - until we know all the facts, we can't determine appropriate punishment.  The debate here has sure been eye opening/disheartening though!

 
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